best meal replacement for weight loss

hi alex
which one do you recommend have underactive thyroid which is now levelled on thyroxine. train mma 3x a week (just back in after year off) going to attempt to take up running!! but have a years worth of weight to lose want to do it fast but sensibly. did do pro-miss a couple of years ago but just wondered if there is anything else out there new to the market or any other advice welcome x (serena knows the battle i have had!)
donna x

Hi Dom

Welcome to the forum! Been ages since we've chatted, good to hear you're back training, bet you're loving it!!! Good luck with the Weight Loss x

Hi Donna, good to see you here!

Hopefully Milner (Sports-Select) will see this and post, as I am not up on meal replacements - here's why:

I have always used standard protein powder as a staple in my diet/supplementation and simply changed the amount of carbs depending on the goals. For instance, if bulking up I would have a pint glass of oats in a shake, with 2 scoops of whey and mixed with milk. If trying to drop weight I might go right back down to just a single scoop of whey in water.

When I looked into it (although this was a long time ago), meal replacements were basically just protein and sugar (dextrose or maltodextrin), so I decided to go the oats route to lower my chances of giving myself diabetes in a few years!

If anyone has any other ideas let me know!

Hope that helps,
Alex.

yeah that sounds cool so in dumbarse terms (lol) what would you use to drop weight over a long period of time as your way would be more natural which can only be good.

serena hun it is good to see you happy will try and catch you on line on msn or facebook soon x if you guys fancy a weekend in devon you know my number x

Donna,

I would (and do!) follow Precision Nutrition guidelines when the goals are to improve health and drop body fat.

Regarding shakes, I would suggest 0.5g protein and carbs per kilo of body weight in the post workout shake for fat loss goals. The content of other shakes would depend on the timing of them.

I suggest downloading the free starter ebook from PN and implementing the basics - also possibly buying the system if you feel it can be of use to you. The free ebook will get you started at least though.

http://precisionnutrition.com/cmd.php?pageid=613121&u=s